Churches Together on the Broads

is a voluntary association  enabling  Christian Chaplaincy on the Broads.

It supports  Broadland churches in their ministry of hospitality

 It celebrates, and encourages people to explore and value,

the Broads and  churches as spiritual resources

AIMS

Based on the already existing structures for worship and pastoral care within the area CTOB seeks to:

  • Provide a support group for Broadland churches across denominational and organisational boundaries
  • Encourage members of the churches to view the Broads from a visitor’s perspective and
  • Exercise a ministry of welcome
  • Help people explore the Broads as a spiritual resource
  • Support those who have been formally appointed chaplains to the Broads.
  • Provide a network and forum for Christians working and/or taking recreation on the Broads to share ideas, insights and enthusiasms

 

WHAT CTOB DOES

  • Publish contact telephone numbers for churches and information about Sunday worship, visits to churches, forthcoming events etc..
  • Maintain a website to which contributions are welcome
  • Organise consultations and study days from time to time.
  • Arrange an annual carol service  

 

ORGANISATION

  • CTOB is enabled by an organising group who set course by the expressed views of  the membership
  • A regular quarterly gathering – open to all -  meets to take bearings.
  • CTOB welcomes the participation of Christian people, organisations and churches
  • Has an open membership
  • Encourages supporters to sail under the CTOB pennant
  • Is self-financing

Our Logo

It was under the control of the monks of St. Bennet’s that the peat was dug to create the Broads.

Whether you take a romantic view and believe the site to have been the home of hermits as early as the 8th century, or believe the foundation to be as late as the 11th century, the monastery was ancient.  It was  founded centuries before the Reformation and is part of our common Christian heritage.

On the first Sunday in August an ecumenical service is celebrated on the site